The life of Reilly

I hope Hugh Reilly’s article (Perspective, 16 August) does not represent all our educators.
By The Newsroom
Published 17th Aug 2011, 02:27 BST

To summarise, he appears to believe that not only must you indulge in large glasses of Pinot Grigio to have a positive attitude towards the Curriculum For Excellence but that all young male teachers are homosexual; all young female teachers are more interested in finding a male partner (obviously not interested in educating children); and that all primary one children are overweight and their parents clearly lazy, to name but a few of his cynical outdated comments.

I think Mr Reilly should be increasing his dose of Valium if “once more into the breach” is his outlook on educating children.

Perhaps he did not enjoy his seven-week holiday?

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If these are truly his jaundiced, narrow-minded views of teaching, perhaps it is time he took his “retirement package” to spend more time in divorcee bars.

Roderick Anderson

Whitchester Lane

Newcastleton, Roxburghshire